Cortana's regions and languages

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Applies to: CortanaWindows 10

Regions & languages

Cortana is optimized for specific language and market pairings. She works best when your region and language settings are aligned. The following is a list of regions where Cortana is available and the corresponding language that Cortana is optimized for in each of those regions.

Cortana is available in these regions for these languages:

Australia: English

Brazil: Portuguese

Canada: English/French

China: Chinese (Simplified)

France: French

Germany: German

India: English

Italy: Italian

Japan: Japanese

Mexico: Spanish

Spain: Spanish

United Kingdom: English

United States: English

Note: If you change your region, you might not be able to shop at Microsoft Store or use things you've purchased, like memberships and subscriptions, games, movies, and TV.

Update: If your settings are correct but you still can't use Cortana, installing the latest Windows Updates might fix the problem.

Setup

Cortana works best if all these settings are set to the same language:

Languages (this is your device language)

Speech language

Country or region

To confirm that your settings are correct or to make a change:

Open Settings . Select Time & language, and then select Language.

Check the Languages setting for your Windows display language. To get a new language, select Add a Language and then choose one from the list. It may take a few minutes for the language pack to load. If you remove a language you can always add it back later.

Select Region, then check the Country or region setting. Make sure the country selected corresponds with the Windows Display language set in the Language setting.

Finally, select Speech and make sure the Speech language setting is aligned with the previous settings. If the language you want isn't available, follow the steps on the next tab to add it.

Sign out and then sign back in for the new settings to take effect.

Note: For mobile devices, make sure you have the correct settings for Language, Region, and Speech under Settings > Time & language.

Go to Language > Add language to add a new language.

Go to Speech > Add a language to add a new speech language.

Note: You can try out Cortana through the Cortana Language setting even if your language and region settings are not aligned, but Cortana's functionality will be limited.